1963 Press Photo National Defense Transportation Association meeting

Colonel Merle L. Mennie, left, newly elected president of the New Orleans chapter of the National Defense Transportation Association, accepts the gavel from outgoing president Edgar H. Kimpton during ceremonies at Camp Leroy Johnson. Colonel Mennie is chief of staff of the Army Transportation Terminal Command, Gulf, and Tipton is general sales manager of Lykes Brothers Steamship Company.

Photo is dated 1963.

Photo measures 10 x 8 inches.